Blooms 2011 #8

noid

blue light climbing up the utility pole support

first bes

overwintered lantana

dwarf allegro from seed

robin hood rose gearing up.. always loads up on blooms.. I know it was a cheap thing.. but i like it

Pixie your verbascum is like mine.Mine doesnt spread in this clay soil.
I just love the color

aarrrrggghhhh critters at the top of my first going to bloom hollyhock

- Beautiful Plumeria, peoniae, such a soft texture, almost reminds me of Magnolia blooms..
- Lovely hanging baskets & Irises Pixie, having trouble deciding which Iris I like best but I'm leaning towards 'Cherished' ☺
- Awesome 'Blue Light' clem Allison, looks like a light colored 'Multi-Blue'!
(- sometimes the cheapest are the most dependable & fun, I really like 'Robin Hood'!)

I was disappointed when it was not a double.. I bought another this year.. and another multiblue as well

was darker in this one

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/272333/

Love Robin Hood!!!!!!!! Your poppies you gave me have not bloomed yet, but they have come back. :)

RH came from either spring hill or direct... think they were $3.00 at the time.. came as a little stick

:)

if I deadhead.. they bloom for quite a while

scatter brain today.. forgot to respond to the poppies.. I lost quite a few.. not sure if I see any of the coral out there

Yes.. even though it's darker it's still lighter than multi-blue, they both must be hybrids of some sort..

Multi-blue on 5/26 taken in light shade, (obviously in heavy shade it would look even darker/ more blue..)

- havent tried poppies here yet, have to give it a try one day and see if they take to sandy soil..

pretty close still WC.. the more-er the better-er!!

Rama, that plumeria was awesome.....loved so many of those photos....should get Robin Hood to remind me of my dale....Jo, I can see that I need a white sib.....

Wow everyone has such great stuff going on, don't know what to comment on first.

Rama I love that dark Verbena
Celeste love Verbascum 'Violette' and Cherished
Allison your BES bloomed before mine, that is soooo weird.
WC that clem is beautiful!

rose

Happy Returns

Hydrangea

Yarrow

is strange Jen

Wow - beautiful shots, all! Love all the clem, iris and roses! Thanks for the ID, Celeste. I'll probbaly ask again next year. ^_^

Satomi.

Nutter view.

New agastache (last year). Forgot the name.

Last - arch covered with New Dawn. Also clem President is in there.

love the AGA of course!!

Nice! - love the arch!!

(I was playing today too, until it got too hot that is.. lol)

Ballerina rose

Close-up

Iris the rabbit didn't get to
(she was eating grass ~15' from me when I took this pic..)

Love the arch also and Samtomi.
WC, Ballerina is one of my favs. :)

Thats a beautiful Iris!!

I'm pretty sure this is another Margareta, got it free when there was a shipping delay for some other roses I bought. - have to move it and put it on the same arch the other Margareta is on..

(Cokin diff filter)

The arch is wonderful....really presents the rose....WC, Ballerina is nice.....I like single roses, especially to paint...don't like to tackle the ones with 40 rows of petals....

Thanks Pixie! - That ballerina has been around, I moved it 2x and it's still strong and desease resistant, blooms profusly. The Iris actually looks black sometimes depending on the lighting,
(- it's a NOID, - typical.. lol!)

ballerina is very pretty!!

Nice, WC!

Ditto Victor!